Comments on: John Spratt’s “Suggestion Box”

By: Yeah RIGHT

Yeah RIGHT — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 22:17:37 +0000

This was all about the August recess.
Spratt said he was going to rehab from surgery during the August recess. It was scheduled long before this became a fuss.
Completely forgotten by all here is that Spratt actually had a local meeting in Rock Hill MONTHS before. But it was months before the TeaBaggers got their playbook together of disrupting meetings to prevent ANY free exchange of ideas.
Before things happened like a woman who said she was “just” a concerned mom turned out to be the vice chair of a midwestern county’s GOP and on a campaign staff elsewhere.
Spratt said he wasn’t going to have one in August, and he didn’t.
He had them in September. He did what he said he’d do — he did NOT do what he’s accused of doing — ducking the issue when he’d already had a meeting.

By: Daphne

Daphne — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 12:18:00 +0000

Spratt has been in office way to long and has done nothing for Dillon County where our unemployment rate is 17.2%. He wouldn’t even show his face here. I called to find about any townhalls during the recess in August and was told that Spratt would not be having any by his Washington office said he was having surgery. He website said he would not have any. In September he revamped his website and disabled the email contact. This is arrogance. I have voted in this district for many, many years and their has never been anyone run against this idiot. I AM FED-UP WITH DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS, NONE ARE LISTENING.

By: STFU

STFU — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 22:27:14 +0000

Get rid of John Spratt and you end up with a cheese dick like Joe Wilson, Henry Brown or Bob Inglis. Have fun with that…

By: RedBank Bar

RedBank Bar — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 17:43:08 +0000

I’ve been to many a Joe the Mo “meeting”. He always puts elected or apponted syncophants directly in front of him so any shot of him will not contain anyone opposed to Joe. In the last 18 months, I’ve had two of my quesions paraphrased so Joe could give a canned talking point.

By: rick

rick — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 12:38:17 +0000

Things is gittin tough with the trolls bein called out for falsetudes….lovin it, keep it up. The truth will at least illuminate the discussion.

By: southernmapart2

southernmapart2 — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 03:29:25 +0000

“There have been NO open Town Hall meetings in the Upstate, by either Dem or Reps.”

The level of stupidity in this comment is incredible. Bob Inglis (who’s going to lose in 2010) held 12, yes TWELVE, town hall meetings in the upstate. Jim DeMint has done multiple town halls in the upstate. John Spratt is holding at least 1 in Rock Hill.

Idiot. At least know what you are talking about before you post stupid crap.

Have you tried to talk to your reps before bashing them with lies on the internet? Have you tried to schedule a personal meeting with Inglis or Barrett (wherever you live)? Do it. You’ll be surprised at just how accessible they are.

But you don’t care about facts. You just want to trash everyone; truth be damned.

I don’t like Inglis, but at least I’m not retarded enough to say he isn’t holding a single town hall. Get your facts straight or shut the hell up.

By: Red Bank Bar Is A Liar

Red Bank Bar Is A Liar — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 03:25:22 +0000

Re: Red Bank Bar

“Joe can’t be exposed to real questions so his assistant pulls 3 x 5 cards out with written questions and then the assistant paraphrases them (and edits the negative ones) so Joe can remember one of his four or five “canned” responses.”

You are a liar. This isn’t a misstatement. This is an intentional lie. Joe didn’t have an “assistant” select the questions; they were local elected officials (Randy Hafacre, mayor of Lexington, Tom Davis, state senator, etc.). Questions weren’t screened or “paraphrased.” They were randomly drawn from a single box and read verbatim. No edits could have been made even if Joe wanted it. The card box was in full view of the entire crowd the entire meeting. At no time could the cards have been tampered with or sorted in any way.

You are a stinking liar, and you know it. Joe took any and all questions at random, then stayed after for hours talking with every single person that wanted to talk to him.

Screw you and your intentional lies.

By: Sand Hill

Sand Hill — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 00:47:03 +0000

Pat Hendrix -

Stop your lies. DeMint’s Charleston Town Hall was free to attend. I went. Stop your lies.

By: southernmapart

southernmapart — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 20:44:23 +0000

There have been NO open Town Hall meetings in the Upstate, by either Dem or Reps. Plenty of staged “meetings” by both parties with very limited notice to a selected few, limited seating and very limited comment opportunity. Usually the media is not given notice of such meetings and can only catch them by word-of-mouth.

Candidates hiding out in the parking lot, or simply not entering the building until time for the “meeting” to begin. Selected persons with previously approved comments are called on first. Known adversaries in the audience are refused any opportunity to speak. Question and answer sessions are cut short.

There has been no “reemergence of genuine democracy.” Just a sorry, backward attempt to shove the fascism-at-the-top, socialism-at-the-bottom new form of government down our throats.

There has been no open debate this summer, only a pretense by candidates to campaign in these so-called Town Hall meetings.

Furthermore, there is less and less real response from elected officials to queries sent to their office. Just the “we got your e-mail” note. Gresham Barrett’s assistant, in response to the complaint of no real response since last fall, said that since the “Bailout” vote last fall their office has been swamped by constituent calls and they have not been able to respond to everyone. He offered a card with his personal e-mail. For what? The damage is done.

By: James the Foot Soldier

James the Foot Soldier — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 20:27:06 +0000

Mrs. Hendrix stated: “Yes, maybe bad politics, the type used by politicians everywhere, but not intimidation by stretch of the imagination”

Get your facts straight patricia – there are politicans that are taking the time to field EVERY question no matter how long that process would take.

Many democrats have been in hiding during this recess and drawing names out of a box IS intimidation and IS rationing the questions – only fitting I suppose since Obamacare will ration care for America’s senior citizens.